Ravos, Soultender I dont know if Ravos, Soultender would make it as a standalone commander, but partner lets you sandbag Ravos until you have no other options
Thats not gatekeeping so much as economics, unfortunately. Who Legacy is for Players who love technical play and powerful interactions Folks who enjoy high agency and big brains Anyone with access to a Legacy community (its regional) Vintage Vintage is the closest Magic gets to anything goes, with two important caveats: It has a small banned list It uses a restricted list, meaning certain cards are limited to one copy per deck This is the home of iconic power and absurd starts
Wither, persist, and the untap symbol are back, and are joined by two new mechanics: chroma and retrace
Grim just gets you value as you do your thing without being a do nothing when things are not going to plan
This sets up the Dondozo train, which will hopefully be doing a consistent 150200 damage each turn with very little your opponent can do to stop it other than removing Energy cards
Hexplate Wallbreaker: Getting free combats each turn is useful if you are relying more on voltroning